Friday of 40th birthday week

The first sound I heard on my 40th birthday was movement from my 6 year old's bedroom. My door swung open and the words "Happy Birthday filled the silence. My son climbed onto bed and gave me a birthday cuddle. My day was complete already. I made him breakfast in bed and he watched Frozen. He continued to watch the film as he got dressed, washed and even in the van on the way to school as he was watching it on my iPod touch. 

I was surprised at work to be handed a card from all at work with an iTunes voucher for £25 within. I didn't expect that one bit. I thanked everyone in turn. The day was an easy one and I finally flew from work homewards and showered. I now had my voucher and my ex wife had bought sweets for me from my son. Other than that I had nothing. This was the downside to being single. 

I had me ex ring and ask what time I was taking my two step children to the local pub that evening. She also granted that my son could come too, something which I had presumed would, not happen as I'd seen him the evening before and would be doing Friday to Saturday.  The four of us met on the pub car park and the rest of my family were shoved in a corner already having their tea. 

Once they had finished they joined us outside in the play area my son crawled around. My mother started off photos of us all as a family which was a nice idea. The photos were taken and retaken and the ones I've since seen only have the ones where my smile had decayed in. 

I got vouchers, blu rays and a broken clock for my birthday and it was a good evening. 

Mind you I arrived home with a bad head ache which put me in my bed and kept sleep from me for hours. 

Friday. 

I was delivering first thing and had a job to print after. I finished at midday and showered at home. Packing up the ironed clothes for our night away was exciting but there's always the feeling that you have forgotten something. 

I jumped into the van and listened to the newly purchased  audiobook copy of WEAVEWORLD which I'd bought with a voucher. It's like audio 3-D as the book is read slowly with voices for characters in place. I was on the way to Haworth to collect the cup my step daughter had made two weeks earlier. 

The sun was baking on my skin reminding me that what I had forgotten was antihistamines. I dropped off the cup and bought some medicine and took up my place outside my sons school awaiting his finishing and our holiday to begin.